Thief

14.

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Suddenly my feet touched the ground and I looked up. Everyone in Wonderland sat in the bleacher like seats overlooking the main entrance. My mother sat on the throne on the other end of the room, she stood up and began to walk towards us, her long red train trailing behind her. I looked down, as I expected the outfit I wore everytime we went to court had magically appeared, changing me from my last clothes. I felt a weight oon my head and instinctively my hand grasped what was on my head. My tiara.

"What is HE doing here, darling?" My mother spat, as soon as she reached us. Hook avoided her eyes and bowed along with Carlos.

"I thought that's why Cheshire brought us here." I snapped, glaring at the grinning cat in the corner of the large room, he just shrugged and began to flicker away.

"Look, Anna-" Hook started, straightening his back but soon got cut off.
"Don't call me that." She snapped, turning around and stalking back up the walkway. I quickly followed after her, with the two boys close on my tail. I reached out and grabbed her, forcing her to turn around and look at me.

"You see him everytime that you look at me. That's why you don't spend time with me! That's why after Ho-Dad left you locked me out of your life! That's why you treated me like I was nothing because that's how he made you feel once he left! AND THAT'S WHY I HEAR YOU CRYING EVERYNIGHT!" I screamed, tears dripping down my face. Her eyes widening.

"You don't know how much it hurts, when the reason your mother is crying is because of you. Because of your looks. Because of your attitude. Because of the love you try to give her." I hiccuped.

"You will never understand how it feels." Carlos's rushed up, holding me closely to his chest and whispering sweet nothings in my ear. My mom stood there, mouth open, eyes red.

"Anna... Is that true?" My dad asked, stepping forward to console my now crying mother. She cried out, rushing forward and engulfing my father in a hug. He rubbed her back, pushing here away for a second and leaning down and kissing her. Carlos and I watched on from a distance, he smiled down at me and kissed me.

"I'm proud of you Princess." I smiled, leaning my head on his shoulder and wrapping my arms around his waist.

"We better get back to school." I whispered, trying to pat my eyes dry with my jacket. The Mad Hatter ran up, socks padding along the floor and handed me a small handkerchief, I knelt and kissed him on the cheek he ran off grinning and laughing madly.

Carlos linked our fingers together and we left the court room, where my mom and dad stood comforting each other, The White Rabbit conjured up the blue circle and we passed through, ending up in the middle of the field which the school janitor was cutting the burnt and crispy grass. There were a few shouts of hello and soon the whole school was stood in front of Carlos and I, thanking us for saving the day. Fairy Godmother pushed through the crowd until she stood at the front, she tapped her wand, the ground beneath her rose, forming a stage and then she waved it a few times and then spoke into it.

"We've been through a lot over these past few days, so I have a few announcements to make. Princess Winter will not be returning next term due to unforeseen events. I want to thank the following people for their bravery and if they'd like to come to the stage please; Jay, Carlos, Mal, Ben, Evie, Doug, Felicity and King Ben." I clapped along with the rest of the crowd, Wyatt sneaked his way over to me.

"I guess you did get your happy ending, huh?" He whispered, nudging my shoulder slightly. I smiled as I looked up at my beaming friends who were hugging each other. I turned back to him.

"Yeah, I guess I did."

"And none of us would be alive if it weren't for the courage and strength that one girl possessed, she had enough will power to save us all, Jack." The cheering for increasingly louder, Wyatt pushed me towards the stage. I nervously climbed the steps and looked out over the field of people. Some random kid yelled.

"Speech!" Then the clapping started. Fairy Godmother, clapped excitedly, holding out her wand which I took.

"Umm thanks for the huge crowd thingy but I really couldn't of done it without my friends... Especially Wyatt, he's the one who warned me about the danger that passed so I want to get him up on stage." Wyatt was pushed up like he had done to me and was forced to stand next to Felicity with a pained grin on his face. He shot a death glare at me, so I just smiled sweetly at him.

Carlos dipped me, kissing me passionately in front of the whole school and they all aww'd making me blush and cuddle into Carlos' chest.

"My last announcement is that all exams will be cancelled!" The crowd roared and disbanded, running in all different directions. Fairy Godmother set the field back normal, sent me a quick smile and then wandered off. We all looked at each other.

"So what do we do now?" Jay piped up, as the rest of them stared at me, waiting for an answer.

"Now... Now we just be normal kids!"